Master's Learning & Innovation (special track International Teacher Education)

This special track in International Teacher Education offers international educators opportunities to explore contemporary approaches to pedagogy and research in the evolving field of education within their international school contexts. The master’s is a two-year part-time programme that combines online specialization modules with residential core courses taught over three weeks in the summer (July) in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.

• For in-service international school educators
• Combines online and in-person delivery
• Draws on current professional school context for course work
• Includes authentic practitioner-oriented research
• Offers support with research and academic writing skills
• Provides individual mentoring throughout
• Connects with an international community of practitioners and researchers

What's in store for you

The online courses mean you can study in your own time and engage in online sessions with course lecturers and peers. During the residential period, you take two core courses and connect directly with course lecturers, other students, and guest presenters. The programme also offers extracurricular activities.

During your studies, you are part of an international community of learners and can draw on this by working both individually and collaboratively on a variety of tasks. The tasks are designed around the questions you and your fellow students bring in from your own professional practices, school contexts and personal experiences.

Join us on April 11th from 3 pm to 4 pm (CET) for an online webinar where our student hosts will help you on your way with your adventures in the world of international studies. Get guidance, ask questions, and find out what is the right choice.

Your future

Become an innovator in the classroom or specialist in your subject area able to take on a variety of roles in international education.

Career opportunities

• Curriculum developer
• Curriculum coordinator
• Middle leader
• Education policy developer
• Schoolbased educational researcher
• Programme structure

The practical way you learn

The content, course tasks and assessments draw on contemporary research in international education. Opportunities to strengthen and hone research and academic writing skills are embedded in all courses, including on-going individual support by an experienced mentor, and culminating in a final summative assessment. This assessment allows students to identify and connect educational queries on classroom and/or school level through a critical investigation of the professional workplace in conjunction with a theoretical analysis on the topic of interest.

There’s a world to explore

Our international community brings together over 80 nationalities on our campuses. It’s an open environment that will help you broaden your horizons in many respects.

Course structure

At the start of your studies, you choose to specialise in either New Developments for Teaching and Learning in International Schools or International Educational Leadership and Change. The specialisation courses are offered online and all core courses are offered face-to-face during two summer residential periods in the Netherlands.

The content and tasks draw on trends and issues in the field and you make connections between these topics and your classroom and school contexts. Continue with your specialisation in two online modules, applying what you learn to practice in your own classroom. The final two core courses are offered on campus and you will submit your final research project by the following January.

All degrees offered by NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences are accredited by the NVAO in the Netherlands (The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders).

NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences challenges its students, staff and partners to explore beyond existing solutions and possibilities, to discover and develop their talents so as to contribute to social progress.

• Learn using a practical approach, working in groups on assignments set by industry partners and developing usable solutions
• Get more international opportunities and spend part of your degree studying or doing your internship in a different country, drawing on our global network
• Get the most out of your studies with relatively low tuition rates, well-priced housing (and a housing guarantee) and homely and affordable student cities

The master’s is a two-year part-time programme that combines online specialization modules with residential core courses taught over three weeks in the summer (July) in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.